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The Perjury Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo 5 c 6) is an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprem ...
. It creates the offence of
perjury Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding."Perjury The act or an inst ...
and a number of similar offences. This Act has effect as if section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and section 80 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 were contained in this Act.


Section 1 - Perjury

This section creates the offence of
perjury Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding."Perjury The act or an inst ...
.


Section 1A - False unsworn statement under Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975

This section was inserted by section 8(1) of, an
Schedule 1
to, the Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975. It provides: This offence is
triable either way A hybrid offence, dual offence, Crown option offence, dual procedure offence, offence triable either way, or wobbler is one of the special class offences in the common law jurisdictions where the case may be prosecuted either summarily or as ...
. A person guilty of this offence is liable, on conviction on
indictment An indictment ( ) is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use the felonies concept often use that ...
, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both, or,
summary conviction A summary offence or petty offence is a violation in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence). Canada In Canada, summary offen ...
, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum, or to both.


Section 7 - Aiders, abettors, suborners, etc

Section 7(1) is redundant.


Section 9 - Power to direct a prosecution for perjury

This section was repealed for
England and Wales England and Wales () is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is En ...
on 1 April 1986.


Section 10 - Jurisdiction of quarter sessions

This section was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.


Section 11 - Application of Vexatious Indictments Act 1859

This section was repealed by section 10 of, and Schedule 3 to, the
Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 The administration of justice is the process by which the legal system of a government is executed. The presumed goal of such an administration is to provide justice for all those accessing the legal system. The phrase is also commonly used to ...
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Section 13 - Corroboration

This section provides: The following cases are relevant to the interpretation of this section: *R v Mayhew (1834) 6 C & P 315 *R v Threlfall, 10 Cr App R 112, 23 Cox 230 *R v O'Connor
980 Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) a ...
Crim LR 43, CA *R v Rider, 83 Cr App R 207, 986Crim LR 626, CA *R v Stokes
988 Year 988 ( CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Fall – Emperor Basil II, supported by a contingent of 6,000 Varangia ...
Crim LR 110, CA *R v Peach
990 Year 990 ( CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Al-Mansur, ''de facto'' ruler of Al-Andalus, conquers the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (mode ...
1 WLR 976,
990 Year 990 ( CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Al-Mansur, ''de facto'' ruler of Al-Andalus, conquers the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (mode ...
2 All ER 966, 91 Cr App R 379,
990 Year 990 ( CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Al-Mansur, ''de facto'' ruler of Al-Andalus, conquers the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (mode ...
Crim LR 741, CA *R v Carroll, 99 Cr App R 381, CA


Section 17 - Repeals

This section was repealed by the
Statute Law Revision Act 1927 The Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo 5 c 42) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they ext ...
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Section 18 - Extent

This section reads: The reference to Ireland must now be construed as a reference to
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...
.The
Irish Free State (Consequential Adaptation of Enactments) Order 1923 The Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922 (Session 2) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 5 December 1922. The Act dealt with a number of matters concerning the Irish Free State, which was established on ...
(SR & O 1923/405), article 2 (as read with the former section 1 of the
Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act 1938 The Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act 1938 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 17 May 1938. It was the British implementing measure for the 1938 Anglo-Irish Agreements which were signed at London on 25 April 1938 b ...
and sections 1(1) and (3) of the Ireland Act 1949).


Section 19 - Short title and commencement

So much of this section as related commencement was repealed by the
Statute Law Revision Act 1927 The Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo 5 c 42) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they ext ...
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Schedule

The Schedule was repealed by the
Statute Law Revision Act 1927 The Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo 5 c 42) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they ext ...
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References

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Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Mea ...
. Third Edition. Volume 8. Page 240 et seq. *
Hansard ''Hansard'' is the traditional name of the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries. It is named after Thomas Curson Hansard (1776–1833), a London printer and publisher, who was the first official prin ...


External links

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The Perjury Act 1911
as amended from the National Archives.
The Perjury Act 1911
as originally enacted from the National Archives. {{UK legislation United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1911 Perjury